There have been 491 major accidents so far this year compared with 460 during the same period last year, an increase of 6.7 percent.

So far this year, there were 11 traffic fatalities (revised 04/23/12—a fatality on April 19 was reclassified to a medical condition) on the Big Island compared with eight during the same period last year, an increase of 37.5 percent.

To date, four fatalities were related to drugs (3), alcohol (1), or a combination of both (0).